Flashforge Creator 5 Pro Review - YouTube

I’ve finally had the time to review the Creator 5 Pro - the 4 toolhead changer 3D printer from Flashforge. Check it out here:

Flashforge Creator 5 Pro review. The 4-toolhead toolchanger with heated chamber

The Creator 5 Pro is a 4-toolhead toolchanger with a fully enclosed chamber that can be heated to 65°C. Each toolhead runs its own material (color or type of filament). Tool swaps are fast and reduces both printing time and waste compared to single-nozzle multi-color printers.

The main selling point is waste, and the difference against an AMS-style system is huge. On a typical 4-color model Bambu Studio calculates around 650g of purge waste and 51 hours of print time. The Creator 5 Pro used about 100g in the prime tower and finished in roughly 17 hours.

At 0.12 mm layers the gap grows: over 1 kg of waste and more than 3 days on the AMS side, versus an extra 50 g and 13 hours on the Creator 5 Pro.

Multi-material printing is where it stands out! TPU combined with rigid materials, PETG support interfaces for clean overhangs, PVA supports, and ABS, ASA and nylon in the heated chamber. ASA has been printing as easily as PLA.

Downsides: The camera is poor, calibration is slow, startup purges collect under the build plate, Makerworld projects import badly into Flash Studio, and the slicer has no natural way to set up mixed nozzle sizes.

Verdict in essence: the strongest value in the 4-toolhead class right now, and my go-to machine for multi-material and engineering-grade parts. Current price and discount code via the link below.